The Remains of St. James
By Editor
THE remains of St. James are said to have been recently discovered in the Cathedral of Santiago, in Spain. The bones are declared to be none other than those of the apostle. It must be so, because the Archbishop of Santiago, while making excavations in the cathedral, discovered three skeletons. He propounded the question, "Are these the remains of the apostle and his two disciples?" and his confreres, "after mature consideration," expressed the opinion that they were. A report to this effect was sent to the pope, who submitted it to the "Sacred Congregation of Rites," which body, "after deliberate consideration," arrived at the same conclusion. This astonishing coincidence of opinion settles the fact beyond dispute. What puzzles us is their modesty in claiming that the other two skeletons were only the disciples of James. Why didn't they decide that they were the remains of Philip and Matthew? Then they could have made a sensation indeed. We feel rather disappointed.